Top science events of the last decade

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Top science events of the last decade

Postby Mike » Mon Dec 30, 2019 2:26 pm

The Shortwave podcast did a [very] brief rundown of the biggest happenings in science over the last ten years. Standing out for me were:

The discovery of gravity waves.
The first (and second) identified extra-solar object.
Gene editing with Crispr.
Pictures of a black hole.

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Re: Top science events of the last decade

Postby Phoebe » Wed Jan 01, 2020 6:00 pm

Higgs Boson confirmation
Climate change modeling confirmation (and then some!)
Preventative drugs or vaccines for HIV and Ebola (and containing the largest outbreak earlier in the decade, though we have another ongoing)

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